Random Thoughts

[Fireball]

Received a piece of mail today from the hospital where I spent a few hours in the ER a couple weeks ago.  It is a letter letting me know they are going to send me a bill.  I suppose the way our health system and insurance works these days they feel the need to send the medically fragile a warning.  

sigh

Maybe your medical costs could be lowered if they sent just the bill and not the notice PLUS the bill. 'Here's a piece of mail telling you that you're going to get a piece of mail' seems kind of wasteful.

Boru

Indeed. My medical insurance provider encouraged me to sign up for autopay (did that) and electronic notification (did that, too). I get an email notification telling me to go pay my bill every month, even thought it's an autopay...and I get a paper bill as well, both of which (when I log in to my account or open my mail) clearly tell me that I am enrolled in autopay!